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Ontario is divided into Lowlands, Central and South regions.
The following is a list of species which have occurred in the Central zone and which the OBRC requests documentation for whenever observed here. In addition to the species here, the OBRC also requests documentation for any species which has not previously occurred in this zone. If you have observed any of these species please submit an OBRC report as soon as possible.
To submit a report click on Report Submission Forms
Lowlands Review List, Taxonomic Order
Ross’s Goose (pre 1984)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Rock Ptarmigan
Eared Grebe
White-winged Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Poorwill
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
American Avocet
Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper (pre 1986)
Little Stint
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher (pre 1991)
Willet
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie
Forster’s Tern
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Ross’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
California Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Short-tailed Shearwater (only recorded as Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater)
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Barred Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Prairie Falcon
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Say’s Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Northern House Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Veery
Wood Thrush
Varied Thrush
Northern Wheatear
House Sparrow
Sprague’s Pipit
House Finch
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Brewer’s Blackbird
Ovenbird
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal (pre 1998)
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel